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The Discovery Islands are a group of islands located at the northern end of the Salish Sea and the eastern end of Johnstone Strait, between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. Most of these islands have very few residents. Only Quadra Island and Cortes Island have ferry service.
Discovery Island is to the east of Victoria, British Columbia (see inset map) Discovery Island Marine Park Discovery Island Marine Park Discovery Island Lighthouse. Discovery Island is located off the eastern side of Vancouver Island and is viewable from Ten Mile Point, near Cadboro Bay, and Oak Bay.
This is a list of islands of British Columbia. South Coast. Vancouver Island. Vancouver Island; Gulf of Georgia ... Discovery Islands. While included here, because of ...
Sutil Channel is located between Cortes Island to the east, and Quadra Island and Read Island to the west. It connects Calm Channel to the north with the Strait of Georgia to the south. Hoskyn Channel branches off toward the northwest from the Sutil Channel between Read Island and Quadra Island.
Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park located about two nautical miles (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) east of Oak Bay on the coast of British Columbia, Canada.It is about one mile (1.6 km) long and one-half mile (0.80 km) wide and looks out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Sonora Island is one of the outer islands (without ferry service) of the Discovery Islands of British Columbia, Canada. [1] It is located at the eastern end of Johnstone Strait and the northern end of Discovery Passage within Electoral Area C of the Strathcona Regional District.
Captain Ernest Godfrey Beaumont (1876–1967) was a long-term resident of Discovery Island, British Columbia, Canada, who was sometimes called the "King of the Island". In 1918, Beaumont bought 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of land on the island. He and his wife built a house designed by Francis Rattenbury, who designed the Parliament Buildings in ...
Twin Islands, formerly known as the Ulloa Islands, [1] are two small islands southeast of Cortes Island, between the eastern coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada and are part of the Discovery Islands. [2]